TY - GEN A1 - He, Linan T1 - Road to Freedom – Understanding of >Saturday Night and Sunday Morning< with Fromm’s Freedom Concept [自由之路 - 弗洛姆自由观下的《星期六的晚上和星期天的早上》之解读], Master thesis, English Language and Literature Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Autonomous Inner Mongolia Region, China 2014. [application of Fromm's theories to art] N2 - 本文将以阿兰•西利托小说《星期六的晚上和星期天的早晨》为例,对20世纪英国50年代的工人阶级青年人在追求自由的过程中遭遇的困境做出系统的分析,并试图找到他们追求积极自由的可行性道路。本文以埃利•希弗洛姆关于人性的精神分析理论以及主人公亚瑟的精神转变为参照,试图对亚瑟—《星期六的晚上和星期日的早上》的主人公,同时也是愤怒的青年的代表人物所追寻的自由进行分析。首先试图对主人公亚瑟在追求激进自由,也就是消极自由时所表现出来的叛逆行为和散漫的生活以及由其追求的消极自由所带来的异化进行分析,进而揭示其偏激自由观的本质。在这一阶段,本论文试图从亚瑟对社会制度和传统道德的反叛行为入手进而得出亚瑟对过激自由的执着追求是受到了社会压力,工人阶级的生活压力以及本人的不健全性格等多重合力的影响而造成的结果。从以上的论述和分析中我们可以得出结论,亚瑟所奉行的偏激自由思想正如弗洛姆在其理论中描绘的所谓>消极自由<,这种自由在表面上似乎带给了他无尽享受与轻松,但实质上带给他更多的空虚与孤独。因此,任何只求轻松而逃避责任并力图疏离于人际纽带之外的偏激自由都是消极自由。与消极自由不同的是,积极自由可以带给人们一种真正的自我和归属感。因而只有通过回归真实的生活,勇于担当,构筑起人与人之间的和谐纽带,现代人才有可能踏上通往追求真正的自由之路 N2 - Taking Alan Sillitoe’s first novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning as a case, this thesis aims to make a more systematic exploration of the dilemma caught by the young men from the working class in pursuing freedom in the1950s in Britain and to explore practicable approaches to the pursuit of their >positive freedom<. Specifically, based on a detailed study of the protagonist Arthur’s spiritual evolution, and from the perspective of Erich Fromm’s psychoanalytic theory of freedom, the present thesis attempts to analyze the freedom quested by the >Angry Young Men< represented by Arthur, the protagonist of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. - At first it analyzes Arthur’s rebellious behavior and loose life on his road to pursue radical freedom—>negative freedom< and the alienation that goes with his freedom. Then it probes into the roots of his anti-traditional values and the distorted sense of freedom. At this stage the thesis firstly explores the essence of Arthur’s problematical attempts to achieve freedom which includes Arthur’s rebellion against social institutions and traditional morality. Then the thesis explains the possible reasons for Arthur’s pursuit of radical freedom, namely, the social forces of the society, the working class’s stress as well as Arthur’s insane personality. Based on the above analysis we can conclude that >negative freedom< – the radical stance on freedom which Arthur has advocated and practiced only generates emptiness, loneliness and alienation instead of ease and enjoyment. Therefore, any freedom achieved by freeing oneself from burdens and connections with others is >negative freedom<. Different from >negative freedom<, >positive freedom< can bring a sense of true self and a sense of belongings. Only by returning to the real world and establishing harmonious human connections by love as well as being responsible to oneself and others can people of the modern era set foot on the road to true freedom. Y1 - 2014 ER -